MacDill Air Force Base

Coordinates: 27°50′58″N 082°31′16″W / 27.84944°N 82.52111°W / 27.84944; -82.52111
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MacDill Air Force Base
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Shae Gee (command chief)
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05/23 3,481.1 metres (11,421 ft) Asphalt
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

MacDill Air Force Base (MacDill AFB) (IATA: MCF, ICAO: KMCF, FAA LID: MCF) is an active United States Air Force installation located 4 miles (6.4 km) south-southwest of downtown Tampa, Florida.

The "host wing" for MacDill AFB is the 6th Air Refueling Wing (6 ARW), assigned to the Eighteenth Air Force of the Air Mobility Command. The 6 ARW is commanded by Colonel Adam D. Bingham. The Wing Command Chief is Chief Master Sergeant Shae Gee.[2]

MacDill Air Force Base, located in South Tampa, was constructed as MacDill Field, a

F-16 Fighting Falcons in the mid-1980s to early 1990s.[3]

MacDill became an

63d Air Refueling Squadron
also flying KC-135s.

MacDill AFB is also home to the headquarters for two of the U.S. military's unified combatant commands: Headquarters, United States Central Command, and Headquarters, United States Special Operations Command. Both commands are independent from one another and each is commanded by a respective four-star general or admiral.

Two additional subunified commands are also headquartered at MacDill AFB: Commander,

United States Special Operations Command Central
commanded by a two-star general or admiral.

History

Port Tampa Cemetery

Port Tampa Cemetery “was one of several African American cemeteries in the area that had been forgotten or purchased for redevelopment,” according to a historical marker established within the base.

segregation era burial site for Black families between 1840 and 1920. A non-intrusive archaeological survey using ground penetrating radar and cadaver dogs found evidence of a cemetery by a contractor hired by the base.[4] On 19 January 2024, Air force officials announced that potentially 121 unmarked graves had been discovered. The search continues along with outreach to the community on how to best document the site and pay respect to the people buried there.[6]

Establishment and name

Colonel Leslie MacDill

MacDill AFB was originally established in 1939 as Southeast Air Base, Tampa. It is named in honor of Colonel Leslie MacDill (1889–1938).

Initial uses

1943 MacDill Field (large-letter postcard, Curt Teich Company)

World War II

The Thunderbird, a magazine that was printed quarterly at MacDill Army Air Field, Summer 1944 edition

The B-26 earned the slogan "One a day in Tampa Bay" due to the number of early-model B-26 aircraft that ditched or crashed into the Tampa Bay waters surrounding MacDill Field.[7] Early models of the B-26 aircraft proved hard to fly and land by many pilots due to its short wings, high landing speeds, and fighter-plane maneuverability. Improvements to the Block 10 version of the aircraft, known as the B-26B-10, added six feet of additional wingspan and upgraded engines that eliminated most of these problems.[8]

A southern-oriented image of MacDill Airfield taken during World War II (note the image is inverted)
Martin B-26B Marauder, AAF Ser. No. 42-92142, of the 596th Bomb Squadron, 397th Bomb Group, over Europe in 1944: The 397th Bomb Group was stationed at MacDill Field in 1943.
B-17 Tail position maintenance – MacDill AAF Florida – 1944

Strategic Air Command

307th Bombardment Group

B-29A-75-BN Superfortress, AF Ser. No. 44–62328 at RAF Lakenheath, England, 1948: Note the Black Square SAC postwar tail code, along with the postwar "Buzz Code"

306th Bombardment Wing

B-47 era MacDill AFB postcard

Deliveries of the new

Boeing B-47A Stratojet
to the Air Force and SAC began in December 1950, and the aircraft entered service in May 1951 with the 306th Bombardment Wing.

305th Bombardment Wing

The 809th Air Division (809th AD) took over host unit responsibilities for MacDill AFB on 16 June 1952.

In June 1952, the 305th upgraded to the all-jet Boeing B-47B Stratojet.

Alert detachment operations

Although control of MacDill AFB would pass from SAC to TAC in the early 1960s, SAC continued to maintain a periodic presence at MacDill in the form of dispersal alert operations of B-52 and KC-135 aircraft from other SAC bombardment wings, using the extant SAC Alert Facility at MacDill. These operations continued until the early 1980s.

Air Defense Command / Aerospace Defense Command

Tactical Air Command

The first attempt to close MacDill AFB was made in 1960, when the impending phaseout of SAC's B-47 bombers caused it to be listed as surplus and slated for closure. However, the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962 highlighted the base's strategic location and its usefulness as a staging area. As a result, the cuts were stayed and the base repurposed for a tactical mission with fighter aircraft. In response to the crisis, the United States Strike Command was also established at MacDill as a crisis response force; it was one of the first unified commands, a command that draws manpower and equipment from all branches of the U.S. military.

In 1962, MacDill AFB was transferred from SAC to TAC. Bomber aircraft remained home-based at MacDill until the 306th Bombardment Wing's transfer to McCoy AFB, and SAC continued to maintain a tenant presence at MacDill through the 1980s, using their alert facility as a dispersal location for B-52 and KC-135 aircraft. But for all practical purposes, the 1960s marked MacDill's transition from a bomber-centric SAC base to a fighter-centric TAC installation. Under TAC, MacDill AFB remained a fighter base for almost 30 years, but other changes went on in the background.

12th Tactical Fighter Wing

15th Tactical Fighter Wing

McDonnell Douglas F-4E-35-MC Phantom II, AF Ser. No. 67-0305 of the 43d TFS

On 17 April 1962, the

15th Tactical Fighter Wing
was activated at MacDill and assigned to 9th Air Force. Initially equipped with the F-84F Thunderjet, in 1964 the 15th TFW subsequently upgraded to the tail-coded McDonnell-Douglas F-4C Phantom II. In 1970, U.S. Strike Command was renamed United States Readiness Command.

Cuban Missile Crisis

They were to also press napalm and rocket attacks against surface-to-air missile sites at Mariel and Sagua La Grande, as well as the airfields at Santa Clara, Los Banos, and San Julien.

1st Tactical Fighter Wing

McDonnell F-4E-31-MC Phantom II, AF Ser. No. 66-0295 of the 94th TFS.
Martin B-57G-MA, AF Ser. No. 53-3877 of the 4530th CCTS.

On 10 January 1970, the 1st Tactical Fighter Wing was reassigned without personnel or equipment to MacDill. In 1972, the 1st TFW standardized all of its aircraft with the common wing tail code "FF".

56th Tactical Fighter Wing / 56th Tactical Training Wing

McDonnell F-4D-29-MC Phantom II, AF Ser. No. 66-0244 of the 61st TFS
General Dynamics F-16A Block 10B Fighting Falcon, AF Ser. No. 79-0397 of the 61st TFS

In 1980, the new

Rapid Deployment Joint Task Force was activated, and in 1983, it became United States Central Command. Also in 1987, United States Special Operations Command
was activated at MacDill AFB, occupying the former facilities of USREDCOM.

At

flyover and missing man formation after the national anthem
.

After Cold War and BRAC 1991

By the early 1990s and the end of the

Base Realignment and Closure Commission
(BRAC) ordered that all flight-line activities cease at MacDill AFB by 1993.

As a result of the BRAC decision, the F-16 training mission and the 56th Fighter Wing were moved without personnel or equipment to Luke Air Force Base, outside of Phoenix, Arizona, and was reassigned to Air Education and Training Command.

6th Air Mobility Wing and 927th Air Refueling Wing (Associate)

In August 1992, just prior to the landfall of

Homestead AFB
, executed an emergency hurricane evacuation of all of their flyable F-16C and F-16D aircraft, with the bulk of those aircraft temporarily staging at MacDill. Given the level of destruction at Homestead AFB, these fighter aircraft remained at MacDill for several months thereafter.

In 1993, with the help of local Representative Bill Young (R-FL), the flight-line closure order for MacDill was rescinded and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration transferred from their former aircraft operations center at Miami International Airport to Hangar 5 at MacDill AFB to use the base and its flight line as their new home station for weather reconnaissance and research flights.

On 1 January 1994, the Air Combat Command's 6th Air Base Wing (6 ABW) stood up at MacDill AFB to operate the base and provide support services for the large and growing number of tenant units, as well as to provide services for transient air units. Later that year, the base served as the primary staging facility for Operation Uphold Democracy in Haiti.

This staging was considered evidence of the quality and usefulness of the MacDill runway and flight line, even in light of the high civilian air traffic levels in the Tampa Bay area from nearby

St. Petersburg-Clearwater International Airport, and Peter O. Knight Airport. With further congressional prodding and lobbying, MacDill was chosen as the site for a KC-135 air refueling mission. With the arrival of 12 KC-135R tankers and the 91st Air Refueling Squadron from Malmstrom Air Force Base, Montana, the 6 ABW was renamed the 6th Air Refueling Wing (6 ARW) on 1 October 1996 and transferred from ACC to the Air Mobility Command
(AMC).

In January 2001, the 310th Airlift Squadron (310 AS) was activated at the base, flying the

6th Air Mobility Wing
(6 AMW).

In April 2008, pursuant to BRAC action, the Air Force Reserve Command's 927th Air Refueling Wing relocated from Selfridge Air National Guard Base, Michigan, to MacDill AFB, where it became an associate wing to the 6 AMW, also flying KC-135R aircraft.

Tenant units

In late 2003/early 2004,

Manama, Bahrain
.

NAVCENT's facility at MacDill AFB was subsequently turned over to the Deputy Commander,

Camp Pendleton, California. From late 2003 until 2012, the Commanding General remained in California, while his MARCENT staff primarily resided at MacDill AFB with an additional forward element at Naval Support Activity Bahrain
in Manama, Bahrain. In 2012, the COMUSMARCENT and CG I MEF billets were broken into separate billets and COMUSMARCENT took up full-time residency in MARCENT's headquarters facility at MacDill AFB, upgrading the facility to a 3-star headquarters.

Also in late 2004/early 2005, Naval Reserve Center Tampa vacated its obsolescent waterfront location in downtown Tampa, consolidated with the former Naval Reserve Center St. Petersburg adjacent to

CGAS Clearwater
and Marine Corps Reserve Center Tampa.

The Joint Communications Support Element (JCSE) is a joint command headquartered at MacDill AFB that deploys to provide en route, early entry, scalable command, control, communications and computer (C4) support to the geographical

U.S. Army Reserve squadron. All are located on the JCSE compound at MacDill AFB. JCSE also includes two additional joint communications support squadrons from the Air National Guard: the 224th Joint Communications Support Squadron (224 JCSS) of the Georgia Air National Guard in Brunswick, Georgia, and the 290th Joint Communications Support Squadron (290 JCSS) of the Florida Air National Guard located in its own compound separate from JCSE at MacDill AFB.[9]

As mentioned above, the 290th Joint Communications Support Squadron (290 JCSS) of the

U.S. Transportation Command's Joint Enabling Capabilities Command (JECC) and the Joint Communications Support Element (JCSE). As a USAF organization, the 290 JCSS is operationally gained by the Air Mobility Command (AMC). Under its Title 32 USC "state" mission, the squadron reports to the Governor of Florida via the Assistant Adjutant General for Air (ATAG-Air) and The Adjutant General (TAG) of the Florida National Guard./[10]

The newest tenant command at MacDill AFB is the

23d Fighter Group, is located at Moody Air Force Base, Georgia.[11]

In September 2019, the

C-37A Gulfstream V and provided global special assignment airlift missions (SAAM) in support of the commanders of the unified combatant commands. As a result, with its primary mission now aerial refueling, the 6th Air Mobility Wing was re-designated as the 6th Air Refueling Wing.[12]

Super Bowl flyovers

The flyover and Missing man formations for

F-22 Raptor aircraft from the 325th Fighter Wing. The former flyover was the first Super Bowl flyover to be telecast in high definition
.

Cyberwarfare

In early 2011, several news outlets, primarily in the United Kingdom, reported that Ntrepid, a California software and hardware company, had been awarded a $2.76 million U.S. government contract to create false online personas to counter the threat of terrorism and could possibly run their operation from MacDill AFB.[13] These reports were never confirmed or acknowledged by the U.S. military.

BRAC 2005

In its 2005 Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) Recommendations, DoD recommended to realign

319th Air Refueling Wing's KC-135R aircraft to the 6th Air Mobility Wing (6 AMW) at MacDill AFB, FL (four aircraft) and several other installations, increasing the number of KC-135R aircraft assigned to the 6 AMW from twelve to sixteen aircraft . Concurrent with this BRAC decision, the 6 AMW would also host a Reserve association with the Air Mobility Command-gained 927th Air Refueling Wing (927 ARW) of the Air Force Reserve Command (AFRC), the latter of which would be realigned and relocated from Selfridge ANGB, Michigan to MacDill AFB. Under the Reserve Associate arrangement, both the 6 AMW and the 927 ARW would share the same KC-135R aircraft, while the 927 ARW would turn over their KC-135R aircraft to the 127th Wing (127 WG) of the Michigan Air National Guard at Selfridge ANGB. The 927 ARW began relocation from Selfridge ANGB to MacDill AFB in 2007 and formally established itself at MacDill in April 2008.[14]

Additional KC-135 Aircraft for 6 AMW / 927 ARW

Long range USAF plans in the 2015 defense budget called for MacDill AFB to add eight additional KC-135R aircraft to its extant sixteen KC-135Rs in FY2018. The 6 AMW would also increase manning by approximately 300 personnel.

KC-46A Pegasus
aerial refueling aircraft and the timeline would be contingent on those other units completing their transition and achieving operational capability with the KC-46.

Departure of NOAA Aircraft Operations Center

Until mid-2017, MacDill AFB also hosted the

WP-3D Orion and Gulfstream IV
aircraft, as well as other research missions in these and other assigned fixed-wing and rotary-wing aircraft.

With the anticipated increase in KC-135R aircraft and the need for additional maintenance hangar space, the Air Force informed NOAA in 2016 that they would no longer be able to host the NOAA Aircraft Operations Center, its aircraft, and the 110 NOAA personnel in Hangar 5 and its adjacent operations building at MacDill AFB. In May 2017, NOAA began relocation to a new facility at Lakeland Linder International Airport, northeast of MacDill AFB, completing same in June 2017.[16][17]

Airshow

MacDill historically hosted an annual air show and "open house" enjoyed by thousands of spectators each year. There were no shows in 2002 and 2003 due to security concerns following the attacks on the United States of

Iraqi Freedom in 2003.[18] The 2006 show was also canceled due to security concerns on base,[19] but was reinstated in 2008. It was cancelled again in 2013 due to defense budget constraints, but was reinstated again in 2014 as a biennial event. AirFest 2016 was the first-ever airshow to feature a live webcast of the performers, including the headline act of the United States Air Force Thunderbirds
.

An aerial view of MacDill Air Force Base, as seen from a commercial aircraft arriving at Tampa International Airport.

Previous names

  • Established as Southeast Air Base, Tampa, c. 24 May 1939
  • MacDill Field, 1 December 1939 (formally dedicated, 16 Apr 1941)
  • MacDill Air Force Base, 13 January 1948

Major commands to which assigned

Base operating units

Major units assigned

World War II

  • HQ, Southeast Air District (later: Third Air Force), 18 December 1940 – January 1941
  • HQ, III Bomber Command, 15 December 1941 – 8 April 1946
  • 3d Bombardment Wing
    , 3 October 1940 – 5 September 1941
  • 53d Pursuit Group
    , 15 January – 8 May 1941 (P-40)
  • 29th Bombardment Group
    , 21 May 1940 – 25 June 1942 (B-17/B-18 Antisubmarine Patrols)
  • 21st Bombardment Group
    , 27 June 1942 – 10 October 1943 (B-26 OTU)
  • 336th Bombardment Group
    , 15 July – 10 August 1942; 13 October – 6 November 1943 (B-26 RTU)
  • 488th Bombardment Group
    , 1 November 1943 – 1 May 1944 (B-17 RTU)
Re-designated: 326th Army Air Forces Base Unit (Heavy Bombardment) 1 May 1944 – 30 June 1944
Re-designated: 326th Army Air Forces Base Unit (Separation Station)
  • 89th Combat Crew Training Wing, 19 June 1944 – 8 April 1946 (Reconnaissance Training)
  • 11th Photographic Group
    , January-5 October 1944
  • 323d Combat Crew Training Wing, 22 February 1945 – 4 August 1946 (Very Heavy Bomber)

World War II Training Units Assigned

Postwar units

  • 311th Reconnaissance Wing
    , 17 April 1946 – 31 May 1947
  • 8th Bomber Command, 14 May – 10 November 1946
  • Eighth Air Force, 7 June – 1 November 1946
  • Tactical Air Command, 21 March – 26 May 1946

United States Air Force

Role and operations

Tampa Skyline and Gasparilla ship in the background.

The 6 ARW also has a collocated Air Force Reserve "Associate" wing at MacDill, the 927th Air Refueling Wing (927 ARW) of the Air Force Reserve Command

(AFRC). The 6 ARW and the 927 ARW operate and share the same assigned KC-135R Stratotanker aircraft.

The 6 AMW's 3,000-person force organized into four groups, in addition to the wing commander's immediate staff.

Approximately 15,000 people work at MacDill Air Force Base, with a significant number of military personnel and their families living on base in military housing, while remaining service-members and military families live off base in the Tampa Bay area. MacDill AFB is a significant contributor to Tampa's economy and the city is very supportive of the military community. In 2001 and 2003, the Tampa Bay area was awarded the Abilene Trophy, which annually honors the most supportive Air Force city in Air Mobility Command.

The base has a large visitor lodging facility known as the MacDill Inn, a

AAFES base exchange, and numerous Morale, Welfare and Recreation
(MWR) activities such as the Surf's Edge all ranks club, a base swimming pool, movie theater, marina, the Raccoon Creek Family Camp for recreational vehicles, the SeaScapes Beach House and the Bay Palms Golf Course.

In December 2021, the Air Force announced that the 6th Air Refueling Wing would re-equip with 24 of the new Boeing KC-46 Pegasus aerial refueling aircraft in the coming years.[20]

6th Air Refueling Wing

An F-15E from Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, NC receives fuel from a 91st Air Refueling Squadron KC-135R.

The 6 ARW consists of:

  • 6th Operations Group (6 OG)
    • Boeing KC-135R Stratotanker
      , conducting worldwide aerial refueling/air mobility support.
    • 50th Air Refueling Squadron (50 ARS)
      Established as an additional air refueling squadron in the 6 AMW in October 2017. Operates the Boeing KC-135R. Stratotanker.[21]
    • Seymour Johnson AFB
      , NC. The 911 ARS flies the 916 ARW's aircraft, supporting US military operations worldwide.
    • Birmingham Air National Guard Base
      , AL. The 99 ARS flies the 117 ARW's aircraft, supporting US military operations worldwide.
    • 6th Operations Support Squadron (6 OSS)
      Provides airfield management responsibilities for MacDill AFB, to include staffing and operation of the air traffic control tower, weather forecasting services, transient alert services and other flight operations and aircrew support functions.
  • 6th Maintenance Group (6 MXG)
    • 6th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron
    • 6th Maintenance Squadron
    • 6th Maintenance Operations Squadron
  • 6th Medical Group (6 MDG)
    • 6th Medical Operations Squadron
    • 6th Aerospace Medicine Squadron
    • 6th Dental Squadron
    • 6th Medical Support Squadron
  • 6th Mission Support Group (6 MSG)
    • 6th Communications Squadron
    • 6th Civil Engineering Squadron
    • 6th Comptroller Squadron
    • 6th Contracting Squadron
    • 6th Logistics Readiness Squadron
    • 6th Force Support Squadron
    • 6th Security Forces Squadron
  • 6th Air Mobility Wing Staff Agencies (e.g., Safety, Wing Plans, Legal, Chaplain, Public Affairs, Historian, etc.)[22]

927th Air Refueling Wing

The 927 ARW is an

4th Air Force (4 AF) of Air Force Reserve Command (AFRC). If mobilized to active duty, the wing is operationally-gained by Air Mobility Command (AMC). The 927 ARW has approximately 1,000 personnel consisting of part-time Traditional Reservists (TR) and full-time Air Reserve Technicians (ART) and Active Guard and Reserve
(AGR).

The 927 ARW is commanded by Colonel Douglas Stouffer

Command Chief Master Sergeant is CMSgt Michael Klausutis.[24]

The 927 ARW consists of:

  • 927th Operations Group (927 OG)
    • 45th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron
    • Boeing KC-135R Stratotanker
      . The KC-135R is a long-range aerial refueling (e.g., tanker) aircraft capable of refueling a variety of other aircraft in mid-air, anywhere in the world and under any weather conditions.
    • 927th Operations Support Squadron (927 OSS)
      Augments the 6 OSS in airfield management responsibilities for MacDill AFB, to include staffing and operation of the air traffic control tower, weather forecasting services, transient alert services and other flight operations and aircrew support.
  • 927th Maintenance Group (927 MXG)
    • 927th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron
    • 927th Maintenance Squadron
  • 927th Mission Support Group (927 MSG)
    • 927th Logistics Readiness Squadron
    • 927th Force Support Squadron
    • 927th Security Forces Squadron
  • 927th Air Refueling Squadrons not assigned to a group
    • 927th Aerospace Medicine Squadron
    • 927th Aeromedical Staging Squadron
  • 927th Air Refueling Wing Staff Agencies (e.g., Safety, Wing Plans, Comptroller, Legal, Chaplain, Public Affairs, Historian, etc.)

Other major tenant units

Hedge at MacDill AFB

MacDill has 28 "mission partners" (tenant units) according to the official MacDill AFB website.[25] Among these are:

U.S. Marine Corps (to include Reserve and Air National Guard) and NATO/Allied fighter, attack and special operations aircraft utilizing the nearby Avon Park Air Force Range (APAFR) facility, and (2) operates and maintains the entire 20,000 square mile APAFR facility approximately 65 miles east of MacDill AFB. An Air Combat Command (ACC) organization, the 598 RANS reports to the Commander, 23d Fighter Group, at Moody Air Force Base
, Georgia.

MacDill AFB also supports other Active Component and Reserve Component military activities and personnel of the

U.S. Coast Guard
in the West Central Florida/Tampa Bay Region, as well as the large military retiree community in the Tampa Bay area and surrounding environs.

Based units

Flying and notable non-flying units based at MacDill Air Force Base.[31][32][33][34][35]

Units marked GSU are Geographically Separate Units, which although based at MacDill, are subordinate to a parent unit based at another location.

United States Air Force

Incidents

  • On May 24, 2012, a Canadair CC-144A Challenger 600 (144601) of the RCAF hit a large turkey vulture on approach to MacDill. The plane landed safely with no fatalities. Temporary repairs were made to the radome and forward bulkhead before it was ferried back to Canada on July 10. The plane has since been fully repaired.[36]

See also

References

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  2. ^ "Colonel Benjamin R. Jonsson". MacDill Air Force Base. August 2020. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
  3. ^ "History of MacDill, 1939-Present" (PDF). US Air Force. 1 January 2014.
  4. ^ a b Dewberry, Sarah (20 January 2024). "121 possible graves from former Black cemetery found at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa". CNN. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
  5. ^ "There may be African American graves under MacDill Air Force Base, spokesperson says". ABC News Tampa Bay (WFTS). 20 November 2019. Archived from the original on 20 January 2024. Retrieved 20 January 2024.
  6. ^ "121 unmarked graves in a former Black cemetery found at MacDill Air Force Base, officials say". WUSF. Associated Press. 20 January 2024. Archived from the original on 20 January 2024. Retrieved 20 January 2024.
  7. ^ Radlein, Bob (3 October 2003). "Where did 'One a day in Tampa Bay' come from?" (PDF). MacDill Thunderbolt.
  8. ^ "B-26 Marauders, A-26 Invaders | Air & Space Magazine | Smithsonian Magazine".
  9. ^ "JCSE: A history". 22 July 2013. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
  10. ^ "Factsheets : FLANG- 290JCSS FACT SHEET". Archived from the original on 18 February 2013. Retrieved 13 January 2016.
  11. ^ Tinsley, SRA Ceaira (23 September 2015). "598th RANS reactivates after seven decades". 23d Wing Public Affairs. Archived from the original on 26 September 2015. Retrieved 25 September 2015.
  12. ^ Ileana, Najarro (30 September 2019). "MacDill's key Air Force unit gets a new name". Tampa Bay Times. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
  13. ^ Nick Fielding and Ian Cobain, "Revealed: US spy operation that manipulates social media", guardian.co.uk, 17 March 2011. Retrieved 24 March 2011.
  14. ^ "Wing moves, begins new chapter". Archived from the original on 17 October 2008. Retrieved 17 July 2008.
  15. ^ "MacDill getting eight more KC-135 tankers — maybe".
  16. ^ "Hurricane-hunter planes, staff moving from MacDill to Lakeland".
  17. ^ "NOAA hurricane center once housed at MacDill opens in Lakeland".
  18. ^ "Tampabay: MacDill's AirFest is back this weekend". Sptimes.com. Archived from the original on 22 June 2011. Retrieved 17 April 2011.
  19. ^ "MacDill's Air Fest On For 2007". Tboblogs.com. 6 December 2006. Archived from the original on 3 February 2013. Retrieved 17 April 2011.
  20. ^ "MacDill Picked as the Next KC-46 Base". airforcemag.com. 22 December 2021. Retrieved 3 March 2022.
  21. ^ "Bringing 50 Back > 927th Air Refueling Wing > Article Display". 3 October 2017.
  22. ^ "Factsheets : 6th Air Mobility Wing Staff". Archived from the original on 7 January 2016. Retrieved 6 December 2015.
  23. ^ "927th ARW welcomes newest commander > 927th Air Refueling Wing > Article Display". 5 March 2018.
  24. ^ "Biographies".
  25. ^ "MacDill Air Force Base - Units". Archived from the original on 4 November 2012. Retrieved 8 November 2012.
  26. ^ a b "Command of Det. 1 changes hands". Archived from the original on 8 December 2015. Retrieved 4 December 2015.
  27. ^ Factsheets : 290th JCSS Archived 8 December 2015 at the Wayback Machine
  28. ^ "MacDill Thunderbolt".
  29. ^ "Mobile District > Missions > Military Missions > Construction > Organization". www.sam.usace.army.mil.
  30. ^ "598th RANS reactivates after seven decades". Archived from the original on 26 September 2015. Retrieved 25 September 2015.
  31. ^ "Units". MacDill AFB. US Air Force. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
  32. ^ "Aircraft and Squadrons of the US Air Force". United States Air Force Air Power Review 2018. Key Publishing: 81, 84 and 85. 2018.
  33. ^ "MacDill Air Force Base - Units". Archived from the original on 4 November 2012. Retrieved 8 November 2012.
  34. ^ Factsheets : 290th JCSS Archived 8 December 2015 at the Wayback Machine
  35. ^ "Command of Det. 1 changes hands". Archived from the original on 8 December 2015. Retrieved 4 December 2015.
  36. ^ "ASN Aircraft accident Canadair CC-144A Challenger 600 144601 Tampa-Mac Dill AFB, FL (MCF)". aviation-safety.net. Retrieved 4 February 2023.

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